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8820.2700 LOCAL STATE-AID ROUTE STANDARDS,FINANCING 20 percent of the current annual maintenance apportionment to the responsible county or urban municipality. Funds kept must be held to the credit of that county or urban municipality until the unsatisfactory condition has been corrected and a reasonable standard of mainte- nance is provided. Subp. 3. Biennial report. The commissioner's biennial report to the legislature shall enumerate such funds retained more than 90 days, together with an explanation for this action. Statutory Authority: MSs 161.082; 161.083; 162.02; 162.09; 162.155;L 1983 c 17 History: 8 SR 2146, 15 SR 2596, 20 SR 1041; 24 SR 1885; 29 SR 449 8820.2800 CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS. Subpart 1. Engineer's duties. Surveys, preparation of plans and estimates, and con- struction inspection for state-aid projects must be performed by or under the supervision of the county highway or city engineer in accordance with standards for form and arrangement prescribed by the commissioner. Subp. 2. Eligibility for funding. A project is eligible for funding under the following conditions, as applicable: A. Plans and estimates for each state-aid construction project must be submitted for review. Each plan must show the subsequent stages required for the completion of the improvement, portions of which may be covered by later contracts or agreements. Only those projects for which final plans are approved by the state-aid engineer before opening bids are eligible for state-aid construction funds,except as provided in subpart 8. B. Force account work is eligible for state-aid funding once a force account agree- ment is signed by the state-aid engineer, including costs that occur before force account agreement approval. C. Design-build projects are eligible for funding if, prior to the opening of de- sign-build proposals,the state-aid engineer approves required project information. Among the information required must be project location,project termini,types of work to be per- formed, and standards to be used. Subp. 3.Project identification numbers. Projects must be assigned state-aid project numbers and must be so identified in records of the Minnesota Department of Transporta- tion and the local governmental unit. Subp. 4. Contract information. Upon award of a state-aid contract by a county or urban municipality, the county highway engineer or city engineer shall furnish the com- missioner with an abstract of bids and a certification as to the specific contract and bond executed for the approved construction work. Subp. 5. Force account. A county or urban municipality desiring to use funds credited to it on a force account basis must have its engineer file a request with the commissioner for each construction project to be built by the county or urban municipality at agreed unit prices. The unit prices must be based upon estimated prices for contract work, less a rea- sonable percentage to compensate for move-in, move-out, and contractor's profit. These requests must contain a complete list of pay items and the unit prices at which it proposes to do the work. Before approval by the commissioner,the district state-aid engineer shall file recommendations with the commissioner concerning the request and the cost estimate. Items of work other than those listed as a pay item or approved by supplemental agreements must be considered incidental work not eligible for state-aid payment. Subp. 6. Project reports. Prior to final acceptance of each construction project by the commissioner, the county highway engineer or the city engineer shall submit to the commissioner final project records as the commissioner may deem necessary or desirable. Subp. 7. Project payments. On state-aid construction projects payments will be made in accordance with part 8820.1500, subparts 2 to 5.